The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade A Myth?

Did the Transatlantic African Slave Trade really exist or is it another American myth? When taught about slavery in school, I often had questions the teacher couldn’t answer. I would ask, how did the slaves live stacked on top of one another at the bottom of the ship for months without drowning in their own feces and urine? Where are the ships and why aren’t any of them inside of a museum? How can Columbus be the founder of America when people were already here? When I attended college, I took a few African and African American history courses. During that time, I couldn’t help but ask the same questions. In my opinion, what was being taught about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade didn’t make logical sense. I decided to take matters into my own hands and began my conquest for knowledge. The “new” information I began to come across was both eye and mind opening. One of the first books that was recommended to me was, They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima. This book informed me of the impact Africans had in the Americas before Columbus.

They Came Before Columbus –along with other research– aided me in drawing the conclusion that the indigenous people to the Americas were black people and they were not brought here on ships. Instead, they were enslaved right here on their own lands. If they were brought on ships, the numbers are extremely exaggerated. It was published that 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 slaves arrived in the Americas between 1540 and 1850 over—a 310 year period (according to US History books). The Stewart Synopsis points out a few questions that should be examined:

1. Over a period of 300 years, is it fair to say that 60,000 slaves were transported annually to the Americas or has the transportation of slaves to the Americas been one big myth?

2. The largest seagoing vessel carried 400 slaves but not all of the ships were that large.

3. Time of passage was 3 – 4 months. That means 200 vessels/ships per year would have to travel carrying 300 people. One ship could make 3 passages per year. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database says there were 1100 – 1400 voyages made over that 300 year period. If that is the case and each ship carried 400 people, the total number would be 560,000 Africans were transported. It still does not add up.

4. We already know that over 83% of all Americans with African ancestry have Native American blood.

5. Did Native American tribes help slaves escape or were Americans with African ancestry already part of the Native American Nations?

After 20 years the Royal Adventurer–with its 15 ships had transported between 90,000 and 100,000 slaves. That is a long ways from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 slaves who were supposedly brought to the Americas. Doesn’t that leave a little over 14,000,000 to 19,000,000 people not accounted for—What’s up with that? Or is/was the Black/Brown birthrate that more accelerated than the White birthrate? The calculated median of 15 and 20 million would be 17.5 million. Divide it by 400 people—the largest slave vessels. That comes out to 43,750 trips. Can you show me a record where this many trips occurred, or the number of trips calculated by the so-called experts? (Figures exist of 27,000 – 35,000 voyages). The same thing happened with the holocaust in Germany during World War II. Six million people were supposedly killed, but there are not that many names referenced who died totaling six million.

Black people are indigenous to the Americas. Black Native Americans are not a result of the so called “red Indian” mixing with slaves. The so called “red Indian” comes from mixing with the European colonist.

Stewart Synopsis lists these black Native tribes:

The Washitaw of the Louisiana/Midwest
The Yamasee of the South East
The Iroquois
The Cherokee Indians
The Blackfoot Indians
The Pequot and Mohegans of Connecticut
The Black Californians (Calafians) (CAL in CALifornia literally means BLAK, after the name of the Great Mamma KALi / Queen KALifa)
The Olmecs of Mexico
The Darienite of Panama

Ask yourself, why is this information not taught in the classrooms and why are the Native Americans portrayed as “red” and not as black people when evidence shows otherwise?

This is a great article, Queen Lena. It’s long overdue that we begin to challenge revisionist history. The FACTS are that Black people are NATIVE to EVERY land mass. We WERE already here. I touched upon this on RWS quite some ago. Many things that have been accepted as fact are inconsistent. However, TRUTH is ma’athematical and NON-contradictory. I applaud your efforts to enDARKen AfRAkans.

theafrolounge

Thanks for reading. Our true story is amazing. Pyramids, mounds, math, science, dance, music, we did that. Let “them” tell it, we were just slaves. Our history has been hidden from us for a reason.

DaisyDooks

Oh, you don’t have to tell me. As an Igbo BRTHR told me, “AfRAkans/Blacks don’t have a history. We have a DNA LEGACY.” Our DNA, alone, will blow the lid off all inconsistencies reported as historical fact and credited to other races. In fact, AfRAkan Ingenuity is STILL seen at the highest levels of technological advancement on this planet. Humanity would NOT have progressed had it NOT been for the CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE of Blacks.

Caucasian races have stolen and housed numerous AfRAkan artifacts at their universities and museums that they study to reproduce similar technologies mechanically. They study OUR past to get ideas because they are NOT creators or originators. They usurp the intellectual property of others and take credit.

theafrolounge

“AfRAkans/Blacks don’t have a history. We have a DNA LEGACY.” …I like that. Considering that we’ve come from such a strong legacy, why and how did we allow ourselves to get to where we are today?

Example: The motherland, Africa, is being raped of it’s natural resources and the people are left with nothing. First by Europe, now China is over there.

How did we allow ourselves to be enslaved on our own lands?

As well as the underlying present day issues. How did we let this happen? That’s the question I can’t seem to find a logical answer to.

von x I am the Eastside

I speak of this daily yet i am called an OUTSPOKEN RACIST. They hate the truth smh

Natty

If this is true, I’d like to hear of evidence from Africa that would confirm that slaves were NOT taken in the numbers suggested.

Natty

dude, we built pyramids with alien technology, not coz we were so great without it

layah

The Bible and true history clearly explains That The Israelites (Black Americans,native Americans and Hispanics) were spread out way before the Atlantic slave trade.

Yulsef

No sis. You need to research an author named Horace Butler. Search him on youtube. The So called Jews Hebrews were already here in the Americas. So called black are the Hebrews! We been here. Search the Moors Hakim Bey on youtube also.

Phil

If you imported machine tools by ship, would you carry them on deck exposed to sea water? No. They would be worthless upon arrival, and you would lose your investment.

So why do we think that slavers would carry valuable human cargo, which they intended to sell for the best price obtainable, in conditions that would sicken or kill all on board?

That doesn’t make sense.

Spellchecker

I always wondered about that too. White people may be racist and capable of incredible cruelty; but they are good businessmen.

Cinquella19

Interesting….Is that book available on kindle?

http://profile.yahoo.com/DLEQN4SJDGO6VGBMPHKYIJKUZU royce

Lol they never mentioned Black Seminole, which is what I am. Seminole means “to run away.” I guess cuz we are from Africa and mixed.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1813224733 Paul Bernard Norton

most who deniy the Holocaust are white neo nazis. only blacks would be so obtuse as to deniy the historiical fact of the injustice against their ancestors. what a slap….

theafrolounge

A slap to who? This article is question the TRANSPORT of the people, not slavery. You not reading the article, but choosing to comment and call me obtuse is obtuse.

Will A Million

Holocaust never happened. Please, you can’t imagine how deep the rabbit hole goes. During that time of the so-called holocaust, there was even 6 million jews in all of western europe, let alone germany. just as the numbers he showed you with the slave ships and capacity and time period, it couldn’t have happened like it was taught and the same applies with gas chambers, amount of people, time period, body disposal time and method. it couldn’t have gotten done.

von x I am the Eastside

The holocaust did happen so did the MAAFA which is when eugenics and plannedparenthood arose.

Rhonda

The holocaust did happen. I had a JHS teacher who was a survivor. I’ll agree that maybe their numbers are inflated.

Lexxs

Black people exist all over the world and they were not all taken to these various locations by slave ships. The true story of the Black Diaspora has not been taught in schools.

John Jones

This “article” is so full of holes and misinformation it’s hilarious. The author should be embarrassed for writing it. Not one bit of truth or accuracy in the whole article. She even cited a source and then gave false information from her own source. I can prove it if needed. But I’m sure she would quickly remove my proof from this site.

Rickie Redmond

Point em out

Willie Bottoms

Mr. John Jones, I would definitely like to see your information because if you could prove otherwise than I would be glad to accept this information personally.

Yaherr ell

Sister u r on point we are the aboriginals/moors. They always teach us to look outside of everything ourselves especially to keep us chasin the wind when everything is here and inside us they always telling his story but Neva our story.
But dis is just a one chain, there’s a lot more that must be broken to reach the stage of enlightment, 13 love 13peace 13raspect

Raef Black

something certainly is amiss

Danny McClendon

Great Read sister, you can read much of this books which are hard to find. I have a book called “Travels to the interiors of north america” It’s a great books showing the true color of north America. To no surprise they are “black”. I use that term loosely. Anyways we’ve been shamed, we are some of the last indigenous people of north america, but our history is much deeper than that. America ha only been our recent history within the past 1500 – 2000 years.

V

Very true! Researches found DNA evidence that people of African descent have been in the Americas for 50,000 years now. The so called “red” indian came about with the mixing of those Africans and the Asians that came to the Americas somewhere between 9,000-13,000 years ago. Those Africans have been called American Aboriginies just like the Africans who became known as the Austrailian Aborinigies (in Austrailia). They found some sisters in the southern tip of either Chile or Argentina that were a direct mix of those Africans and Asians. There were also cave paintings depicting battles between the two groups before procreation (whether by force or cooperation between the two groups). Of course this is not taught in schools or even aired on American TV. I’ve also noticed that when ever a researcher claims Egyptians and the Olmecs were African, their funded is mysteriously pulled or there is a campaign to discredit them in some way. Glad to see others who know the truth and I feel really silly for not realizing that the number of slaves supposedly transported does not make any sense. This and many other books are on my to read list now that I have just graduated.

http://twitter.com/daisydooks DaisyDooks

“Ask yourself, why is this information not taught in the classrooms and
why are the Native Americans portrayed as “red” and not as black people
when evidence shows otherwise?” It’s simple. The RED INDIAN is falsely credited with being the ORIGINAL INHABITANT in America. We KNOW that is a WHITE-FACED LIE. The RED INDIAN is a product of miscegenation between AfRAkans and Chinese immigrants.

KingBishop

This is a load of Bullshit lol like seriously, if anyone believes this they are fools.

neco

I’ve done a great deal of research on this matter and the results have been astounding. ‘Ive read they came before columbus, the stolen legacy and countless materials that substantiate every word you’ve spoken is the undisputed truth. Check out the “13 journals of the Moorish Paradigm” by Hakim Bey, he has poured over 20,000 hours into his research an his work is very thorough.

Will A Million

We were everywhere

blackliberationwithsanity

There have been recently discoveries by historians and archaeologists about Phoenicians and Israelities making voyages here to America…

Graham holder

Are you stupid! How do u explain the scars on my great grandparents hands from being forced into labor. And black Ana’s white mixing does not make you look Native American at all. I’m mixed with black and white and I look nothing like a Native American we have to much evidence that shows that the enslavment of Africans was not a hoax so tasks youre racist dumb ass and go watch roots,12 years a slave and django unchained

chain n

why is there no credible citation to prove or disprove this? sounds more like a youtube conspiracy.